diff --git a/content/posts/2024/my-smart-tv-lost-his-mic/index.md b/content/posts/2024/my-smart-tv-lost-his-mic/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0e1ea8d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2024/my-smart-tv-lost-his-mic/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +--- +title: Smart TVs are great +summary: > + I've been talking about smart TVs with other people recently and we all + came to the same conclusion: smart TVs may spy on us (like our smartphones do). +date: 2024-01-21T19:26:58+01:00 +lastmod: 2024-01-22T22:03:57+0000 +categories: +- computerstuff +tags: +- draft_post + +# showBreadcrumbs: true +# showDate: false +# showReadingTime: false +# showWordCount: false +# showPagination: false + +# feed_exclude: true +# site_exclude: true + +# some help +# +# highlighting with highlights +# +# use table, as inline creates a padding around +# and it pushes the text more to the right side (end of screen) +# +# ~~~html {linenos=table,hl_lines="3-6"} +# ~~~html {linenos=inline,hl_lines="1,3-6"} + +draft: true + +--- + +It is not uncommon that Amazon suggests items that I've been talking to other people +in a room where an Amazon Echo device (an Alexa) was in that room. + +Now, I'm not so paranoid that I would remove them instantly because most of the time +they are out of reach (which is not measured but I think they might not hear me because +they do not respond to any commands at all when I yell at them) and I do not care that +much because in the end, I decide by myself -- these suggestions are completely useless +anyway. + +But looking at my local network (LAN), specifically the hosts that send and receive data, +my TV is usually one of the top 5 devices in regards of data transfers. As this is +obviosly true for downloaded data, this is also true for uploaded data. Sure, it needs +to transmit every command taken on the remote control but guess what: I'm not using it +that much. + +![transfer rates](transfers.png "exchange this with an actual record") + +As you can see: the TV is on the top + +![view](mini-mic.jpg) + +![for reference](reference.jpg) + + diff --git a/content/posts/2024/my-smart-tv-lost-his-mic/mini-mic.jpg b/content/posts/2024/my-smart-tv-lost-his-mic/mini-mic.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..82e4a6f Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/2024/my-smart-tv-lost-his-mic/mini-mic.jpg differ diff --git a/content/posts/2024/my-smart-tv-lost-his-mic/reference.jpg b/content/posts/2024/my-smart-tv-lost-his-mic/reference.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..79aadc1 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/2024/my-smart-tv-lost-his-mic/reference.jpg differ diff --git a/content/posts/2024/my-smart-tv-lost-his-mic/transfers.png b/content/posts/2024/my-smart-tv-lost-his-mic/transfers.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf7981e Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/2024/my-smart-tv-lost-his-mic/transfers.png differ